[duotone]

My question is does this make a song any better?
 
This came about while listening to Bruce Springsteens “Thunder Road”.
Lyrics = “Roy Orbison singing For The Lonely”
 
Which instantly reminded me of Mariah Careys “We Belong Together”
Lyrics = “Bobby Womacks on the radio saying to me If You Think Your Lonely Now”
 
Any more examples to my weak list would be appreciated 

 

 

[swoon]

it's a little more exact and nice - instead of some old country singer singing on the radio, you get Roy Orbison singing "For the Lonely" and you get the time and place exactly. 
 
I like bob dylan's sara:
 
Quote:

I can still hear the sounds of those Methodist bells,
I'd taken the cure and had just gotten through,
Stayin' up for days in the Chelsea Hotel,
Writin' "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" for you.

 
the classic big star song thirteen
 
 
Quote:

Wont you tell your dad, get off my back
Tell him what we said 'bout 'Paint It Black

 
my favorite new one is a the twist of born to run on Titus Andronicus' A More Perfect Union
 
 
Quote:

Because tramps like us, baby, we were born to die

 

[tru blu]

I think several songs riff on that "I heard the news today" line from the Beatles' "A Day In The Life."